Invisible pipe eastener



March 2 1926. 1,575,432

s. E. LEWIS INVISIBLE PIPE FASTENER Filed Dec. 22, 1923 Aflflawzb;

A'ITORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mal. Z, 1926! UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

INVISIBLE PIPE FASTENER.

Application filed December 22, 1923. Serial No. 682,255.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON E. LnwIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Stoddard and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Invisible Pipe Fastoners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pipe fastener,

the general object of the invention being to provide means for fastening the sections of a stove pipe together in an invisible manner. This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention 111i detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which v Figure 1 is a sectional view through sections of a stove pipe showing the invention in use.

Figures 2, 3 and at are detail views.

In these views, 1 and 2 indicate stove pipe sections which are connected together by the elbow 3 and 4 indicates a part of the chimney into which the end of the section 2 extends. In carrying out my invention I bolt a small bracket 5 to the interior wall of the elbow after inserting a bolt 6 in a hole in said bracket. A turn buckle 7 is then threaded on said bolt and the threaded end of a rod 8 is threaded in the other end of the turn buckle; This rod 8 has a hook 9 at its other end for engaging a pair of holes 10 in a bar 11 which is adapted to be inserted in the chimney across the flue opening therein. This bar has the brackets 12 riveted thereto and these brackets engage the inner wall of the section 2 and tend to force the same against the wall of the fine and thus hold the end of the pipe in the flue. A T-shaped nut 13 is placed on the bolt 6 and the vertical part of this nut is designed to receive the threaded end of a rod 1a which has its other threaded end engaging a turn buckle 15. This turn buckle engages a bolt 16 which passes through an opening in a bar 17 which is fastened to the section 1.

In assembling the pipes the bracket 5 is fastened to the elbow after the'bolt 6 has been threaded through the hole in the bracket. The rod 8 is then placed through the chimney section of the stove pipe and its hooked end placed in engagement with the bar 11 which has been inserted in the line. The bar 8 is then fastened to the bolt 6 by the turn buckle 7 so as to firmly brace the section 1 and the elbow 3 and to hold the end of the section in the hole in the chimney. The section 1 is then put in place after the rod 14: has been threaded in the nut 13 and then the bolt 16 is fastened to the rod 1 1 by the turnbuckle 15.

Itwill thus be seen that I have provided invisible means for firmly holding the sec tions together and it also acts to hold the last section'in the flue. Its use will eliminate unsightly wires which are ordinarily used and it will prevent fires due to stove pipes becoming separated or leaving the flue.

It is thought from the foregoing descrip. tion that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent;

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall with- 35 in the scope of the appended claims. i

lVhat I claim is l 1. Pipe fastening means comprising a chimney engaging member extending across the flue opening, a bracket adapted to be connected with an elbow section, a bolt carried by the bracket, a rod engaging the chimney engaging member, a turnbuckle connecting said rod with the bolt, means for connecting the bolt with a pipe section and means on the chimney engaging member for engaging the pipe section which extends into the flue opening.

2. Means for holding pipe sections to gethcr comprising a bracket having a hole therein, fastened to the inner wall of the elbow section, a bolt passing through the hole a turn buckle engaging the bolt a rod having a threaded end engaging the some, having a hook at one end and its other end a turn buckle on the other end of mid rod, threaded to engage the other end of the a cross piece in the second section and :1 turn bnvkle, a fine engaging member havbolt carried thereby and engaging the turn ing openings therein for rec iving the hook, buckle.

means on the said member for engaging the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. flue end of the last sent-ion or holding it I in the flue a T-nut carried by the bolt, a rod SIMEON E. LEWIS. 

